Time traveling dimension hoppers from a universe of electrical storms and VHS recorders have unearthed footage Warren Spector’s next game, Epic Mickey 2: The Power Of Two and brought it into our… sorry? It’s Wii footage? Oh, that explains it. I’m usually not snobbish, and I’m sure Youtube’s compression doesn’t do the Wii any favours, but jagged edges and about four colours really don’t show the multiplatform platformer off in the best light. With that warning in mind, try and look past it and into the really lovely art design in the platform sections, and the lovely flat art in the third-person sections. I did make an ‘aww’ when Mickey and whatever the hell the other thing is teamed-up with Mickey as a helicopter. I’m a sap for cute co-op.
There’s none of the singing that Spector’s promised is part of the game, but 7m and 19 seconds in Mickey travels to Fantasia. Even I’m not cynical enough to not enjoy seeing the mop carrying the buckets, but it’s probably the only classic Disney moment I can stand now.

The 3DS version of the game actually looks really cool. It’s a 2D side scroller that sees Mickey basically going through some of the old SNES and Genesis Disney games. Looking at the screens kind of reminded me of Abobo’s Big Adventure.

Not sure if you were joking with the 4 color thing or not cause Wii does indeed have jaggies — but its got 32 bit color depth so if there -is- an issue with colors it’ll more then likely be present on the PC version as the chosen palette would’ve been a design decision, not a hardware limitation.

Looks a bit early to be showing to the public – Frame rate issues. Camera problems. Unfinished looking lighting. Showing off their game this early in development is only going to turn off people from what is likely to be a fun and pretty little game.

I’m trying to keep an open mind but… this is supposed to sell us on Epic Mickey (2)?

I’m happy for Warren Spector fulfilling some lifelong dream of working with the Mickey Mouse franchise and this might be the best possible game to come out of that. But come on, this is the guy who invented Thief and Deus Ex!

Are they keeping him locked up at Disney, now? I can see how he wanted to do Epic Mickey 1 and fought hard for that game to see the light of day, but I find it a little harder to believe him being genuinely excited about working on Epic Mickey 2… and if that sells, Epic Mickey 3… and, and, and… Warren, blink twice if they’re holding you hostage!